Examining Plot Structures

The Age of Adaline

Exposition: The film begins with the introduction of the protagonist who is Adaline, a woman who had a family made up of her husband and her daughter Fleeming, but one day her husband died. Later, Adaline suffers a car accident and dies, but after a storm, lightning strikes her car and revives her. This caused the protagonist to no longer age and not lead the typical human life cycle, so that over the years she continued with the same physical appearance of 29 years while everyone around her aged, including her daughter. This caused her to live during different times and meet different friends, partners, etc. But she always moved since no one could discover her situation other than her daughter.

Rising Action: After many years, Adeline at a New Years party, meets a man in an elevator (Ellis), who tries to make her fall in love throughout the movie. Adeline at first refused to establish a serious relationship, but after several dates and moments with Ellis she falls in love with him and decides to continue that relationship even if there are consequences in the future. This man was a fan of history and reading, so Adaline shared those interests and the knowledge of her acquired from all the years and times that she lived. One day, Ellis decides to take Adaline to her parents' house to formally introduce her. Adaline accepted, but did not count on the surprise that she would witness later.

Climax: When they arrived at the home of Ellis's parents, Adaline meets her parents and recognizes over time that Ellis's father had been her partner many years ago from which she fled after falling in love with him. The father went crazy to recognize Adaline's physique, but she always told him that she was supposedly the daughter of the woman he was talking about. After a long time and keeping his secret from everyone, the father (William) discovers that she was the same Adaline since she had a scar, so Adaline flees from Ellis for such a situation and Ellis was shocked by the situation and did not know what should he do

Falling Action: After so much drama, Ellis decides to fight for her and William also supported him. But Adaline, at the time of fleeing, suffers a car accident again, and the same situation of the storm is repeated so she ends up in the hospital. At the hospital, Ellis gets to see Adaline and meets Fleeming as well. 

Denouement: Finally Adaline accepts Ellis's proposal to build a life together regardless of her situation. They formed a happy life together. But in the end, Adaline is dismayed that she begins to have gray hair, so she acknowledges that after a long time she was finally beginning to age.